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This study was aimed to analyze the bioinformatics of proteomics of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) intervened by active principle region of Yang-Xin Tong-Mai Formula (apr-YTF). The latest versions of bioinformatics tools including DAVID (http://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov/) and GO (http://www.geneontology.org/) were combined to assign a precise function to rat bone marrow MSCs intervened by apr-YTF. KEGG and VISANT were assigned with a precise function to rat bone marrow MSCs intervened by apr-YTF. The results showed that a total of 102 biological processes were mainly involved, with 35 cellular components and 6 molecular functions. These proteins interacted in 3 signal transduction pathways. It was concluded that the following proteins and signal transduction pathways played an important role in the process of apr-YTF inducing BMSCs differentiation into cardiomyocytes. Presenilin-1 and Presenilin-2 were in the Notch signaling pathway. And syntaxin-4 protein was in soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion protein attachment protein (SNARE). The apr-YTF played a role on MSCs from multiple sites, with multiple links through different biological processes. The bioinformatics of proteomics can predict action mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) from the holism concept. The validation in combination with molecularbiology was a good way for TCM modernization.
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Objective: To investigate the biological phenotype and cell cycle distribution characteristics of nasal and/or nasopharyngeal epithelia of TgN(p53mt-LMP1)/HT mice.Methods: The biological phenotype changes(mainly the incidence of precancerous lesion) in nasal and nasopharyngeal epithelial tissues of the generation G4 of TgN(p53mt-LMP1)/HT mice aged 5,11,15 and 18 months were determined by H-E staining,and the cell cycle characteristics of nasal and nasopharyngeal epithelia detected by flow cytometry(FCM).Results: The incidences of precancerous lesion in the nasal and nasopharyngeal epithelia were 0,50%,60% and 75% respectively in the 5,11,15 and 18 mos groups of the positively expressed transgenic mice,and 0 in the four age groups of the negatively expressed ones.Compared with the negatively expressed transgenic mice,the number of nasal or nasopharyngeal epithelial cells was markedly decreased in the G0/G1 phase,but obviously increased in the S and G2/M phases,with the proliferation index(PI) significantly enhanced(P
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Researches have indicated that matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF) play a key role in the metastasis of nasopharynx carcinoma (NPC). They promote tumor cell infiltration and metastasis by proteolysis of extracellular matrix proteolysis of tumor cells and induction of angiogenesis and lymphangioenesis. Researches on the mechanism of MMPs and VEGFs on NPC may help to further understand the metastasis of NPC and develop new methods for the diagnosis and treatment of NPC and other tumors as well.